Apr 302020
 
 April 30, 2020

This Friday Theology on Tap links up again with Zoom Join us at 7pm Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/96377842397?pwd=MlFtL1VaSkd1MkxZL2x5eExSam5rdz09 Meeting ID: 963 7784 2397 Password: 617662 Agenda: 7-7:15 Meet up 7:16 – 7:50  1st Small Group 7:55 – 8:15 Regroup into 2nd small group 8:16 Return to main room and close meeting Zoom Etiquette Many of

Apr 302020
 
 April 30, 2020

THIS SATURDAY! Zoom says people need to have the 5.0 version starting May 1 (so folks might need to update software before joining the Saturday meeting.Open your Zoom app, if using a computer, and click on your profile, usually your picture. If an update is needed there is a selection on the drop down menu.Click

Apr 302020
 
 April 30, 2020
Finding Light On The Parkway, Thursday, April 30, 2020

Hi, Folks, If you’ve seen one snowy egret, have you seen ‘em all? I hope not, and hope you don’t mind seeing another one here, or another short poem about one of them by Mary Oliver. Snowy Egret, by Mary Oliver A late summer night and the snowy egret has come again to the shallows

Apr 282020
 
 April 28, 2020
Finding Light On The Parkway, Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Hi, Folks, For a little lightness, here’s an exchange I recently heard between a long billed curlew and a killdeer on the Parkway… The Curlew and the Killdeer A curlew and a killdeer shared a mudflat one fine day. The curlew bragged, “My beak is long!” but the killdeer looked away. “I dig down deep

Apr 272020
 
 April 27, 2020

  Online Worship, Sunday, April 26 Rev. Dr. Roger Jones “We come together to deepen our lives and be a force for healing in the world.”  – UUSS Mission Statement Hymns:  “We Are Gathered,” text by Amanda Udis-Kessler for this pandemic; tune “Nettleton” (see #126 in Singing the Living Tradition); “Spirit of Life/Fuente de Amor” by Carolyn

Apr 272020
 
 April 27, 2020
Finding Light On The Parkway, Monday, April 27, 2020

Hi, Folks, There’s an item that appears on my to-do list, day-after-day, that I know I need to do, but I just don’t get it done.  It seems that a common consequence of the sequestration we’re experiencing is a lack of motivation.  Much advice about how to overcome this is readily available on the internet

Apr 252020
 
 April 25, 2020
Finding Light On The Parkway, Saturday, April 25, 2020

Hi, Folks, Remembering the loud braying of these orange-faced geese on the Parkway, and considering the contents and style of much of the 24 hour cable news cycle, brought to mind the prose poem “Desiderata”*.  Written in the 1920s by Max Ehrmann, “Desiderata” was my father’s favorite poem.  Dad kept it on the wall in

Apr 242020
 
 April 24, 2020
Finding Light On The Parkway, Friday, April 24, 2020

Hi, Folks, This black-tailed mule deer wading at the edge of the American River was solitary, but seemed purposeful as he made his way through the shallows. The many deer who live on the Parkway are typically life-long residents. Unlike their cousins in the foothills, they “shelter in place” year-round and find no need to